The World Trade Center was a building complex in lower Manhattan.
History
New Earth
Originally a complex with two prominent skyscrapers, the building was destroyed by terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.[1][2] In its place, a new complex with a singular skyscraper, Freedom Tower, was erected.[3]
At some point, Killer Frost used her abilities to mind-control Superman and force him to build a device that would help her enslave all men on top of the World Trade Center. The construction was eventually interrupted by Firestorm, who battled Superman and used his powers to free him from Killer Frost's mind-control. Together Superman and Firestorm defeated her, and once Ronny had thawed the ice off the World Trade Center, he was asked by Superman whether he'd like to join the Justice League.[4]
Firestorm would later return to the roof of the World Trade Center to fight against Hyena. The fight ended when one of Ronny's blasts knocked Hyena off the building, though he managed to save her at the last moment.[5]
Later on, Trigon climbed the twin towers, one gigantic foot on each roof, to open a portal to his dimension. Yet before he could see his plans through, he was defeated by the New Teen Titans.[6]
At a later point, Wonder Girl almost crashed the Titans' jet into one of the towers because she wasn't paying attention while flying, but managed to move the plane out of the way in the last moment.[7]
At some point, a group of organized crime bosses met in an office inside the World Trade Center to plan the distribution of their drugs. THeir meeting was interrupted by Vigilante, who crashed into the room through the window. Vigilante came to interrogate the leader of the group, but was quickly interrupted himself by the mobsters' men who stood just outside the room and had heard the crash. Vigilante managed to defeat the men and engaged in another fight with the leader, who he let fall to his death from the window he had crashed through.[8]
A terrorist named Black Serpent later created an energy barrier around the twin towers and held President Clinton hostage inside. However, Black Serpent and his men were swiftly defeated by Warrior.[9]
Nero later used his powers to severely damage the ground floor of one of the towers. Superman held the tower in its place while the rest of the Justice League defeated Nero.[10]
Prime Earth
Jenny Sparks was resurrected in Westminster Abbey, London at the same time of the 9/11 attacks, just before the collapse of the North Tower. The world was so shocked by the attack on Twin Towers that the Westminster fire caused by Jenny's resurrection was believed to be a terrorist attack.[11]
See Also
- Appearances of World Trade Center
- Location Gallery: World Trade Center
- Catalogued images related to World Trade Center